Dec. 3: Pramila Jayapal and Al Sugiyama honored with Spirit Awards from the Urban League

Al Sugiyama (right) with Cornel West, the featured speaker, at the Urban League’s Annual Benefit Breakfast

At the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle’s 11th Annual Benefit Breakfast, Pramila Jayapal and Al Sugiyama were each presented with a 2010 Spirit Award. Jayapal is the founder and executive director of OneAmerica, a nonprofit organization. Sugiyama is the founder and served as the executive director of the Center for Career Alternatives.

Pramila Jayapal with Cornel West (Photo by Jack Storms)

Other award winners included the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Dorothy Hollingsworth, Amber Jenkins, and the Seattle-King County Asset Building Collaborative. ♦